Quote from label: "contains 11 nighttime tracks brimming with rhythmic switchbacks and momentum swings that push darkness into strange and intriguing corners. The record replaces ANO's riotous rollicking with shadowy landscapes of grim sound that encapsulate the band's eccentricity. From the psych-rich shake of "Turn on Your Mind" and "Human Toad" to the death-ride kick of "Up to the Sky" and "Crystal Man" through to the twisted take on the 13th Floor Elevators' "Roller Coaster", AQUA NEBULA OSCILLATOR's Spiritus Mundi plays like a haunting dream of dark and disturbing things, offering a can't-miss masterclass on the emotional possibilities of sound."

Quote from the label: "Desert thunder never sounded so good. BELOW THE SOUND emerge from the dust of New Mexico with a 7 track attack of stripped-down precision thud punk. High powered hooks, angular fuzz, and venomous lyrics all further entrench this trio in the guts of the current scud rock movement. Biting, catchy, and lethal, this recalls the minimalist power of the MINUTEMEN merged with NAKED RAYGUN's anthemic 'core and Am Rep noise."

Quote from C.B. website : Devouring/rebirthing the concept of "noise rock" into something frighteningly beautiful and brutally heavy, GEISHA deliver crushing blasts of impossibly hyperdistorted rock baked in massive frequency overload and massive hooks and melodies and sinister crushing riffs, all of it slathered in filthy throbbing feedback and white noise horror holocaust, like the early 90's alt rock of Isn't Anything-era MY BLOODY VALENTINE and DINOSAUR JR. mashed together with the most brutal sort of Unsane/Am Rep style racket and distortion-drenched psych/noise into a sludgy metallic mass, jamming with a small army of pedal-smashing harsh electronics troglodytes playing awesomely catchy/crushing pop songs buried beneath a hellish storm of skree and amp-blowing fuzz. Terrifying. Beautiful.

Quote from label: "Now JESSICA93 records are expected and long-awaited. Just to be clear, « Guilty Species » won't let you down. Those who hated « Who Cares? » and « Rise » will have more reasons to keep doing so. The others, the ones who kept listening to them again and again, will have new reasons to get
excited. More straightforward, more effective, much more disillusioned, this fourth album sees JESSICA93 moving on with its most interesting evolution to date. Going straight to the point, fierce and simple, the compositions are stripped away of all complications, coming with poisonous melodies and a ferocious grace.
With spotlighted vocals and lyrics haunted by cockroaches and nasty things, this album is the most aggressive and heavy JESSICA93 record but also its most accessible to date! Despite its live backing band, « Guilty Species » was fully recorded by Geoffroy Laporte on his own in a total analog way by Vincent Gregorio (Les Etablissements Montasson & Fils)".

"The basic idea of Luna in Caelo's sound is to create atmospheres and feelings related to the human soul, dreams and nightmares. The lyrics talk about the fact of the material condition of the human being and how scary is to know that we are just flesh and bones, how scary it is to die. Working with basic rock instruments, Lvna in Caelo builds music landscapes, based on reverberated guitars and voices, solid bass lines and almost tribal drum patterns. It could be a mix between the Cocteau Twins,early Cure, Popol Vuh and My bloody valentine. Laid on the crest of the music, is the astounding vocals. Alejandra's voice is one of the most elegant you can heard harkening the transcendental lilt of Lisa Gerrard and the sweet gaity and cadence of Elizabeth Fraser. This madrigalic heavently voice takes on an almost religious identity. Aquellos... represents the diversity of moods that the band used to build on stage by the time this record was done."

Quote from label: PSYCHIC TV, 5th November 1984, Manchester. This was PSYCHIC TV’s first show at NEW ORDER / FACTORY’s legendary HACIENDA club! For this event Psychic TV were: Genesis P-Orridge, John Gosling (Zos Kia, Coil), Paul Reeson, and Alex Fergusson. This is the complete show with unseen photos! Ltd x 1000 copies.

Quote from label: "A world without poetry would be a folly: meet the revived poems of Charles Paul Baudelaire, wrapped in these chilly post-punk songs. We pursue the elusive spirit of beauty and falling into delirious fantasy. We are thrown by a whirlwinds of cyclothymia from the abyss of vice to the pit of desperation. Chasing the sole ideal, as a pitiful orphan, man wandering amongst the monstrosities of life, fails to obtain a moment of artificial bliss. Hymns of melancholy hanged in the air. Truly a life without poetry is meaningless".

One of the finest acts to come out of Norway in recent years and possibly the release we’re most proud of yet! Syracus are like a glimpse into the prog past set in a pop/rock presence. Influenced by the likes of Radiohead, Anekdoten, Seigmen, Pink Floyd etc., this five-piece delivers some of the most amazing songs you'll ever hear.

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The debut fullenght from San Franciscos The Holy Kiss! Dark and heavily blues tinted rock 'n' roll somewhere between the early Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds stuff and Sixteen Horsepower, coming from the same scene as bands like Get Hustle, Bellmer Dolls, Lion Fever and The Phantom Limbs. 11 songs, including their take on Erik Saties beautiful composition Gnossienes: III Lent.

Quote from label: "Toucan plays a progressive & adventurous rock, filled with an amazing range of eighties references. Inspired by bands like Zombi or Maserati, their debut album entitled “De Nuit” presents six instrumental takes recorded last year by Luc Ferré (Plebeian Grandstand, Jean Jean, Sed Non Satiata…). Resulting from hours of jam, each track has its own character, and each comes as a pleasant surprise; alternating between syncopated runs (“Autopista”, “Cascade Lumière”), mid-tempo march (“Neo Soul”) or dreamy breaks (“Traum”). If there’s a lot of contrast, the band-decorum is strong enough to keep everything together. Spanning from the appearance of the saxophone, Carpenter-like bass lines or heavy guitar solo, Toucan revisits an amazing range of the eighties hooks, transforming kitch into a rainbow of nostalgia.
The CD edition countains five bonus remixed tracks (by MAJEURE, EXTREME PRECAUTIONS, ETC.)."

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Oblivion Clock is a new EP comprising four exclusive tracks that were recorded at various locations and times and were completed just recently. As a bonus, the CD includes the much sought after ""die hard"" 7" tracks that came with only 250 copies of the Agent...LP + an obscure track from the Carheart sessions in a hitherto unreleased version. Playing time apx. 32 minutes.
Packaged in a lavish, 6-panel digifile designed by Einz.

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Darkness comes in many forms, and for Hells Headbangers it's not always extreme metal. Darkest proof in the form of THE VLADMIRS, who first made their black mark at the forefront of the mid-'90s, during the second wave of horror-punk, and now 16 years later animate their eighth zombified creation entitled "The Late Hours." Indelible, utterly anthemic punk rock that's eerily dark and shadow-draped, THE VLADMIRS here pay respect to horror-punk legends before them whilst creeping on with their well-established identity, resulting in a rollicking ride through the graveyard when the devil's on the loose - run far and free with them during "The Late Hours"!

Recommended for diehards of THE MISFITS, SAMHAIN, DEVIL'S WHOREHOUSE, early TSOL, and 45 GRAVE!

Quote from label: A couple months ago (we’re talking mid-Spring ‘07, here), I received an email from Robotic Empire boss Andy Low commanding me to check out a couple of songs that a band from San Francisco called Wildildlife had posted online, immediately. I knew that the dude has a solid idea of what kind of sounds I’m into, so I pulled up the link immediately and was totally blown away by the two Wildildlife tunes that I heard. Heavy, crunchy riffage rolling over celestial FX freakout and gang choral voices, part pop, part neo-psychedelic noisiness, part metalloid skullcrush. Super melodic and catchy but vaguely menacing and dark all at the same time. The band toured through here about a month later, and I was even more floored by their manic live energy the band summoned up a wicked whirlpool of dense distorto crunch and freaky singing, raging metallic percussive pummel, tribal rhythms and crushing effects-soaked guitars, subdued floatational drones and ecstatically gorgeous melodies, all let loose in a series of sky-streaking eruptions of psychedelic lowcore and swirling, cosmic sludge. Going back to a review that Terrascope Magazine wrote about one of the band's earlier CD-R releases, this sounds vaguely like Black Sabbath and Butthole Surfers jamming together with ancient forest mystics, an experience both brutal and beautiful, and which proves that Wildildlife have already established themselves as serious purveyors of blown-out psych heaviness.These guys have become one of my favorite new bands, and I’m MEGA excited to be presenting their first full length Six through Crucial Blast. The CD version of Six comes in a posh, full-color 4-panel gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton Printers, which houses the disc and a full-color 8-page booklet filled with amazing, surreal photographs by Sabina Holber.